Graves Tells Truck Stop Owners ATA Won't Seek Highway Plazas

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img src="/sites/default/files/images/articles/printeditiontag_new.gif" width=120 align=right>ORLANDO, Fla. — American Trucking Associations' President Bill Graves told truck stop owners that ATA would no longer push to allow private businesses to offer fuel and parking services directly on interstates as a way to create more truck parking.

Graves, in his first public speech since taking the helm of ATA last month, said ATA would join Natso, the national organization of truck stops and travel plazas, in opposing moves to allow commercial services on interstate highways.

States, seeking revenue to fund more parking, have sought to increase space for truck parking by pushing to lift the federal ban on commercialization along the interstates.

ntil recently ATA had disagreed with Natso on the issue.

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